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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2534
Sponsored by Representative BOSHART DAVIS (Presession filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced.The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act makes changes to the crime of riot. (Flesch Readability Score: 94.3).
Modifies the crime of riot.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to motor vehicles; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 166.015.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 166.015 is amended to read:
166.015. (1) A person commits the crime of riot if while participating with five or more other
persons the person engages in tumultuous and violent conduct and thereby intentionally or
recklessly creates a grave risk of causing public alarm.
(2) As used in this section, “tumultuous and violent conduct” includes using a motor
vehicle or a person’s body to impede traffic, create a traffic hazard or block the normal and
reasonable movement of traffic.
(3) “Tumultuous and violent conduct” does not include the following:
(a) Proceeding in a manner needed for safe operation of the motor vehicle, including but
not limited to:
(A) Momentarily stopping to allow oncoming traffic to pass before making a right-hand
or left-hand turn.
(B) Momentarily stopping in preparation of, or moving at an extremely slow pace while,
negotiating an exit from the road.
(b) Proceeding as part of a funeral procession under the direction of a funeral escort
vehicle or a funeral lead vehicle.
(c) Proceeding as authorized under ORS 814.070 (3) and (4).
(d) Proceeding with the approval of and under the conditions imposed by the road au-
thority, as defined in ORS 801.445.
[(2)] (4) Riot is a Class C felony.
SECTION 2. The amendments to ORS 166.015 by section 1 of this 2025 Act apply to con-
duct occurring on or after the effective date of this 2025 Act.
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
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